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With perhaps the rare exception for specific kinds of discrimination, can't Google pretty much terminate use of it's services to anyone, for any reason? Assumin
by brbsix 11y ago
With perhaps the rare exception for specific kinds of discrimination, can't Google pretty much terminate use of it's services to anyone, for any reason? Assuming they aren't paid customers, it's not like Google has a contractual obligation with said group. Of course these sorts of douche moves reflect poorly on a company and people may choose to boycott or campaign against in response, but that's about it.
- kuschku 11y ago> Assuming they aren't paid customers, it's not like Google has a contractual obligation with said group. If you hold a monopoly, or near monopoly, you automatically get that obligation.
- Animats 11y agoThis is a specific kind of discrimination. Labor organizing is one of the specific kinds of activity protected by law.
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- gozur88 11y agoSure. There are things that Amazon can't do to interfere with organizing at Amazon. I would be surprised to learn the law covers third parties.
- Animats 11y agoIt's an issue involving third parties if the third party colluded. If there was any communication between Amazon and Google in this matter, that would be a problem. The NLRB has recently been deciding cases involving employee criticism of employers in social media.[1] "The focus of many of these recent rulings has been the protection of the right of employees to communicate with their coworkers about their terms and conditions of employment. Indeed, the NLRB has increasingly defined the contours of this right expansively." There are lawyers who take on such cases.[2] [1] http://www.postschell.com/site/files/post__schell__nlrb_article__kate_kleba.pdf http://www.postschell.com/site/files/post__schell__nlrb_arti... [2] http://employee-rights-atty.com/the-censor-he-has-a-face-and-he-is-us/ http://employee-rights-atty.com/the-censor-he-has-a-face-and...
- gozur88 11y agoNeither of those address third parties. They both involve relations between employers and employees. Even if Amazon did somehow convince Google to take the site down, there are plenty of other avenues for employees to communicate. You would have a very hard time selling this in court.
- azernik 11y agoHence defamation. "We did it because we can" is very different from "we did it because you broke the rules."
- 1ris 11y agoDefinitively not for any reason. I can't terminate it because somebody is black, for example.
- delinka 11y ago"...for any reason?" No, they cannot. However, they can indeed terminate use of their services to anyone for no reason. Had they not given a reason, I venture to say they'd have a better defense should this ever go to court. EDIT: grammatical